A few weeks ago, I was working with a good friend of mine to design save the dates. She wanted something fun, informative, and useful. As I was pondering what could fill all of that criteria, it came to her: “Let’s make a bookmark!” I love the idea of wedding save the date bookmarks becauseContinue…
I hear people say that Valentine’s Day is a holiday blown out of proportion by corporations to make you feel more compelled to buy their stuff. My boyfriend has been successfully thwarting these corporations throughout our years of togetherness by not getting me anything for Valentine’s Day. What a rebel, right? Yhup … really stickin’Continue…
If you’re familiar with any of my work, you’ll know that I’m addicted to color. I also love art that looks spontaneous. These salted watercolor letters — perfect for adorning your home with you favorite short quotes — fill my color/spontaneity quota. When I make works like these, I am reminded of my college roommate,Continue…
I had so much fun before the holidays creating Crayola crayon portraits for my friends and family, and they’re such an enjoyable project to make that I’d like to share how to create one. I think that with some patience it’s something that anyone could do, though they can be a little time-consuming (but nothingContinue…
For a while now, my other half (an efficiency-obsessed engineering PhD student) has been scheming about ways to “mass produce” my talents. “I’ve got it!” he said one day, “We should make your handwriting into a font!” I flinched and explained that a lot of the reason that people have me write out custom calligraphyContinue…
Lindsey Bugbee
designer + illustrator + calligrapher
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